bend sinister

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That in heraldry, a bend sinister indicates bastardy.

From New York Times • Dec. 19, 2019

For all of the bend sinister upon his escutcheon, Reginald Maltravers was as fanatical concerning the family as his father.

From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Marquis, Don

All these families bear the arms described by your correspondent, but without the bend sinister.

From Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various

By what legitimatizing process the bend sinister was erased, and the marquisate preserved, we have hitherto been unable to ascertain.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 by Various

Far better the bend sinister in his own class than a legitimate parent of the type of 'Gene Bisbee or D.V.

From The Avalanche by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn